New Albany to discuss $3.9 million plan to reconstruct Mount Tabor Road

4:44 PM,
Sep. 6, 2013

Conditions along Mt. Tabor Road in New Albany have deteriorated along the westbound lane towards Grant Line Road from Klerner Lane. Only a rusting, bent guardrail keeps vehicles from a steep ravine that leads towards Slate Run Creek about 30 feet below. A proposed $3.9 million reconstruction project will be brought to a public hearing Sept. 10 at 6 p.m.

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A rusting, bent guardrail along Mount Tabor Road near Klerner Lane is the only thing between the narrow road and a steep ravine that leads to Slate Run Creek about 30 feet below.

That could soon change.

New Albany officials plan to use city redevelopment money to match federal transportation dollars to fund the proposed a $3.9 million reconstruction of Mount Tabor between Grant Line and Charlestown roads, including widening the road and adding new curbs, gutters, sidewalks and a shared-use path. ...